W11/L1

Question 1

Define neoplasia

Answer 1

Excessive and unregulated cell proliferation

Question 2

What are the two main groups of neoplasias?

Answer 2

Benign & malignant

Question 3

What are the 5 most common cancers in men in Victoria?

Answer 3

Prostate
Bowel
Lung
Melanoma
Lymphoma

Question 4

What are the 5 most common cancers in women in Victoria?

Answer 4

Breast
Bowel
Melanoma
Lung
Lymphoma

Question 5

What’s the most common cancer worldwide?

Answer 5

Lung

Question 6

Which region has particularly high rates of stomach cancer?

Answer 6

Asia

China, Mongolia, Japan, S Korea

Question 7

What things characterise a benign tumour? (6)

Answer 7

Locally expansile
Usually slow-growing
Usually well circumscribed
Well differentiated cells
Unable to metastisise
Rarely life-threatening

Question 8

What 2 key things distinguish malignant noeplasias?

Answer 8

Locally invasive with destructive growth

Potential to metastasise

Question 9

Why are some malignant tumours necrotic?

Answer 9

They outgrow their blood supply

Question 10

What are the 4 ways a tumour can spread?

Answer 10

Local invasion
Blood-borne
Lymphatic
Trans-coelomic

Question 11

What are 4 common sites of metastasis?

Answer 11

Liver
Brain
Bone (esp. spine)
Lung